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Newry, Mourne and Down District Council planning applications

Data as of 5 November 2026

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council decided more than 1,200 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 10% of those it approved or refused, about the same as the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 320 days to decide one.

Look up one application

Search by reference or address on Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).

Recent major decisions

Figures for Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

Decisions: the twelve months to 5 November 2026, from Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s published planning register. Appeals: decided from 6 November 2023 to 5 November 2026, from the appeal body’s casework.
Applications decided more than 1,200
Share refusedof those approved or refused 10%middle UK council 9%
Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date 320 daysmiddle UK council 55 days
Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings Not enough typed decisions
Appeals decidedin the last three years more than 130
Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits 26%about one in four
Officer reports and decision notices searchable back to 2017
Local Plan policies held Not held yet

How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.